Valdez works the overnight patrol shift, but will be placed on paid administrative leave during the investigation which is protocol in officer-involved shootings.

Briggs said Thursday he didn’t have further details to disclose.

Witnesses called police Tuesday about 1:20 a.m. when they saw Dorfman allegedly firing a gun in the intersection of Adams Street and Eighth Avenue. He was shirtless, screaming and pacing about the intersection.

When officers responded, Dorfman fled in a Jeep Grand Cherokee crashing through yards and fences.

Officers cornered Dorfman just north of Huckleberry’s Natural Market at Ninth Avenue and Monroe Street, where Valdez shot him. A gun was recovered at the scene.

Valdez has been honored for his work with the department, according to police spokeswoman Officer Jennifer DeRuwe.

In 2010, he received a commendation for stopping someone from committing suicide by talking the person out of jumping off a balcony, DeRuwe said. He received another commendation in 2012 for helping to ensure the safe return of a missing 10-year-old girl to her home.

Investigators are looking into whether Dorfman, who had just been released from the Spokane County Jail on Monday after someone posted $15,000 bond, authored a Craigslist post outlining plans to kill people at random.